Lewis's Octane division lands BT Openworld job

Lewis will work across all corporate, B2B and consumer PR as well as
supporting the Powered department, which offers internet service
provision.

The agency replaces LeFevre Communications and Band & Brown
Communications, which handled PR for broadband and narrowband PR
respectively.

Tony Henderson, BT Openworld head of media relations, said: 'This is a
new account. We had separated the work into narrowband and broadband but
wanted to look at communications in terms of consumer and business.'

Le Fevre Communications, which still works for BT divisions BT Retail,
BT Government and BT SME, is understood to have taken part in the
pitch.

This is the first client for Octane, Lewis's newly created consumer tech
arm. A 20-strong account team, headed by Lewis V-P of operations Ilona
Hitel, is in place.